Table 4.
Outcome of injury by sex and age among injury cases who visited JUSH from April 09, 2010 to January 07, 2011; Jimma, South West Ethiopia.
| Sex and age of patient |
Outcomes of injury | ||||||||||||
|
Sprain/dislocation (n=56) |
Bruise/skin laceration (n=404) |
Cut or bite (n=51) |
Bodily burn (n=34) |
Fracture (n=454) |
Internal organ injury (n=99) |
Others (n=4) |
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| No (%) |
AOR (95% CI) |
No (%) |
AOR (95% CI) |
No (%) |
AOR (95% CI) |
No (%) |
AOR (95% CI) |
No (%) |
AOR (95% CI) |
No (%) |
AOR (95% CI) |
No (%) |
|
| Sex | |||||||||||||
| Male (n=843) |
39 (4.6) |
0.7 (0.4, 1.2) |
299 (35.5) |
0.8 (0.6,1.07) |
38 (4.5) |
0.9 (0.5, 1.7) |
21 (2.5) |
0.5 (0.2,0.9)* |
361 (42.8) |
1.3 (1.002,1.8)* |
82 (9.7) |
1.5 (0.9, 2.6) |
3 (0.3) |
| Female (n=259) |
17 (6.6) |
1.0 | 105 (40.5) |
1.0 | 13 (5) |
1.0 | 13 (5) |
1.0 | 93 (35.9) |
1.0 | 17 (6.6) |
1.0 | 1 (0.1) |
| Age in years | |||||||||||||
| 0–4 (n=19) |
0 | 1.0 | 5 (26.3) |
1.0 | 2 (10.9) |
1.0 | 4 (21.1) |
1.0 | 7 (36.8) |
1.0 | 1 (5.3) |
1.0 | 0 |
| 5–14 (n=121) |
7 (5.8) |
1.2 (0.5,2.8) |
43 (35.6) |
1.5 (0.5,5.3) |
0 | 0 | 12 (9.9) |
0.1 (0.1,1.8) |
50 (41.3) |
1.2 (0.4,3.7) |
9 (7.7) |
1.5 (0.2,32.3) |
0 |
| 15–49 (n=853) |
47 (5.5) |
1.6 (0.7,3.5) |
315 (36.9) |
1.6 (0.6,5.3) |
46 (5.4) |
0.5 (0.1,3.1) |
16 (1.9) |
0.07 (0.02,0.3)* |
344 (40.3) |
1.2 (0.4,3.3) |
81 (9.5) |
1.9 (0.3,38.5) |
4 (0.4) |
| 50–64 (n=84) |
2 (2.4) |
0.4 (0.07,1.9) |
36 (42.9) |
2.1 (0.6,7.4) |
3 (3.6) |
0.1 (0.02,0.6)* |
2 (2.4) |
0.09 (0.01,0.7)* |
36 (42.9) |
1.3 (0.4,4.1) |
5 (5.9) |
1.1 (0.1,27.4) |
0 |
| >64 (n=25) |
2 (8) |
1.6 (0.4,6.2) |
5 (20) |
0.7 (0.1,3.5) |
3 (12) |
1.2 (0.1,11.4) |
2 (8) |
0.3 (0.04,2.5) |
11 (44) |
1.4 (0.3,5.5) |
2 (8) |
1.6 (0.1,47.6) |
0 |
*
Significant association at p<0.05.